Shade and curtain bracket



April 14, 1925.

E. CROSSE ET AL SHADE AND CURTAIN BRACKET Filed Sept. 10, 1924 Patented Apr. 14, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EAR-L CROSSE, OF COUNCIL BLUFF S, IOWA, WILLIAM BROWN, OF OMAHA, NEBRASKA, AND CHARLES LENZ, OF COUNCIL BLUFFS, IO'WA.

SHADE AND CURTAIN BRACKET.

Application filed September 10, 1924. Serial No. 736,897.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, EARL Cnossn, W'iL- LIAM BROWN, and CHARLES Lnxz, citizens of the United States, residing at Council Bluffs, Omaha, and Council Bluffs, in the counties of Pottawattamie and Douglas, States of Iowa, Nebraska, and Iowa, have invented new and useful Shade and Curtain Brackets; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

' The invention relates to combined curtain 5 and shade brackets, and has for its object to provide a device of this character which is provided with means whereby the bracket may be easily and quickly attached to the side facings of a window frame. Also to form adjusting means for accommodating the bracket to various Widths of window frame faoings.

Afurther object is to form the shade and curtain pole engaging portion of the bracket from a single piece of sheet metal, bent to form notched flanges with which pins carried by the adjustable member cooperate and with arms for supporting a curtain pole and an upturn notched ear for receiving the pintle of a window shade.

A further object is to provide a vertically disposed slot in the inner end of the curtain pole supporting arm, and through which slot the adjustable arm extends and the notch receiving pin maintains the adjustable arm against coming out of cooperative engagement with the main body of the bracket.

lVith the above and other objects in view the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts as hereinafter set forth, shown in the drawing, described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention may be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawing Figure 1 is a top plan view of the bracket showing the same applied to the facings of a window frame.

Figure 2 is a view in elevation of the inner side of one of the brackets.

Figure 3 is a detail collective view of the adjustable arm and a portion of the main body of the bracket, showing the slot through which the adjustable arm extends.

Figure at is a front elevation of one of the brackets.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral 1 designates the side facings of a conventional form ofwindow frame, and 2 the combined curtain and shade brackets carried thereby. Each bracket 2 comprises a main body 3, and an adjustable arm t carried thereby. The main body 3 of the bracket is provided with an angularly disposed arm 5, adapted to engage the inner side of the facing 1, and with a toothed flange (5 which engages and is imbedded in the sides of the facing 1.

The adjustable arm t is horizontally disposed and extends through a vertically clongated slot 7 in an outwardly extending arm carried by the main body 1, and has its end provided with a transversely disposed pin 9, which is received and held in any of the notches 10 of flanges 11 carried by the upper and lower edges of the main body 3, therefore it will be seen that the bracket may beadjusted and attached to any width of window frame facing, and when the angularly disposed arm 12 of the adjustable arm 1 is in engagement with the outer side of the window facing, with its toothed flange 13 engaging the outer side of the window facing, the bracket will be securely held on the window facing. It will be noted that the body 1, including the flanges 11 and the arm 8, are formed from a single piece of sheet metal bent to form and also the arm 2 is forn'ied from a single piece of metal. lVhcn assen'lbling the device, during the course of n'lanufactln'e, the arm t is passed through the aperture 9 before it is bent to form the arm 12, and toothed flange 18, however it will also be seen that after said arm 12 and flange 13 have been formed, the adjustable arm will be permanently attached to the main body of the bracket. Extending upwardly to the inside of the bracket arm 8, which arm is adapted to support a pole between the spaced fingers 14. thereof, is a shade pintle receiving flange 15, in the recess 16 of which a shade pintle 17, as shown in Figure 1 is received. The flange 15 is formed from the same piece of metal as the body 3 and the arm 8, as clearly shown in Figure 2, therefore it will be seen that the main body as well as the shade supporting members are formed from a single piece of sheet metal.

The brackets for both sides of the window frame are substantially the same as the single bracket described, and for purposes of clearness only one bracket has been described, however the same reference numerals apply to both brackets.

From the above it will be seen that a combined curtain and shade bracket ilS provided, which bracket is formed from two pieces of sheet metal stamped to form the main body of the bracket and the adjustable arm. It will also be seen that by forming the device from sheet metal, and from a single piece of metal, the bracket may be cheaply constructed and-cheaply sold.

The invention having been set forth what is claimed as new and useful is 1. A curtain bracket comprising a horizontal body member adapted to engage a window frame facing, notched flanges carried by the upper and lower sides of the body member, a facing engaging arm carried by one end of the body member, an outwardly extending shade and curtain pole supporting arm carried by the other end of the body member, an adjustable arm extending through a vertically elongated slot in the shade and pole supporting arm and disposed between the notched flanges of the body member, said adjustable arm being provided with a vertically disposed pin adapted to be received and held by the notched flanges of the body member, an angularly disposed toothed arm carried by the adjustable arm and adapted to engage the outervside of awindow facing, said body member and shade and curtain supporting arm and notched flanges being formed from a single piece of metal bent to form.

2. A combined curtain and shade bracket comprising a body member, an angularly disposed curtain and shade supporting arm carried by the body member, notched flanges carried by the upper and lower sides of the body member, an adjustable arm slidably mounted in an aperture of the shade and curtain pole supporting arm and having one of its ends disposed between the notched flanges of the body member, lugs carried by said adjustable arm and cooperating with the notched flanges, said shade and curtain supporting arm being provided with an offset shade pintle receiving flange at one side thereof and bent upwardly from the under side of the arm.

3. An adjustable shade bracket comprising a body member, notched flanges carried by the upper and lower sides of the body member, an outwardly extending arm carried by one end of the body member, an adjustable arm ofless width than the body member and extending through a slot in the outwardly extending arm and disposed between the notohed flanges and lugs carried by said adjustable arm and cooperating with the notched flanges.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EARL CROSSE. WVILLIAM BROWN. CHAS. LENZ. Witnesses NELs CARLsnN, H. BLACKWELL. 

